international day of action in solidarity with general transport workers association (asf iwa) on september 15

international day of action in solidarity with general transport workers association (asf iwa) on september 15

The ASF is calling on all sections of the International Workers Association (IWA), their friends and supporters to take protest action around the world on September 15 in support of the campaign for wage justice for delivery drivers who have had their wages cut 19% arbitrarily by Domino's Pizza Enterprises management.

As promised the website is now setup and will be worked on over the coming days http://gtwa.org.au

We hope to both get more drivers on board via raising awareness of the GTWA so that we can continue further plans of action.

We also wish to push the fact that Fair Work Australia, by accepting the adjournment of an application to terminate the 2001 Agreement, have effectively ruled that Domino's Pizza Enterprises has no requirement to come to any agreement at all with the workers in regard their pay dispute.

If the SDA had gone ahead with the termination, this would have forced FWA to have the drivers wages put on a similar award, eg: the Fast Food Industry award of around $21ph, or at least the national safety net minimum wage prescribed by FWA which would be a minimum wage of $19.63 per hour.

Instead, the SDA has given all power to Domino's, with FWA accepting no requirement of any date at all for any agreement to be made.

We are especially keen to hear from any Domino's drivers that were with the SDA before March this year. Please ask around and contact us.

The first scheduled action was for 1130AEST in Adelaide. The action in Missoula would have started at 1330AEST making it the first action in real time outside of Australia. Next scheduled action is for 1430AEST in Wellington, NZ. Should be happening right about now.

was pretty good action in my city. we had 9 people turn out. had an iww banner. a home made wsa sign. 150 fliers got passed out to people and customers passing by on foot and in their cars that conveniently stopped by a light in front of the store. we pissed off the bosses without even really lifting a finger. first got pissed that we were leaning against their property. the workers really had no problem with us. we tried to give them tips but then the boss basically said he'd pocket them, making himself look like a total asshole, and then he called the cops who came told us we were doing nothing wrong, and he had the gall to ask what the cops said to us, and we told them they thought we were doing nothing wrong. classic. idk over all good action and it taught some folks that even such a small action could really unsettle such a company and be seen as a threat enough to have the state repression apparatus intervene.

was pretty good action in my city. we had 9 people turn out. had an iww banner. a home made wsa sign. 150 fliers got passed out to people and customers passing by on foot and in their cars that conveniently stopped by a light in front of the store. we pissed off the bosses without even really lifting a finger. first got pissed that we were leaning against their property. the workers really had no problem with us. we tried to give them tips but then the boss basically said he'd pocket them, making himself look like a total asshole, and then he called the cops who came told us we were doing nothing wrong, and he had the gall to ask what the cops said to us, and we told them they thought we were doing nothing wrong. classic. idk over all good action and it taught some folks that even such a small action could really unsettle such a company and be seen as a threat enough to have the state repression apparatus intervene.

I saw that same story mentioned on FB. I think you guys need to contact those workers inside. With a boss like that, there's got to be lots of other grievances. Also, I think you should find out the manager's name and post that shit all over the internet.

you mean the stores that ASF-IWA / GTWA members are fighting this campaign right?

Okay yes. What kinds of activity took place here, what forms of self-activity did the workers take? (Obviously no need to tell anything that will allow workers to be identified/disciplined etc)
cheers
Dave

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